Wednesday, September 11, 2013

OWH Birthday Bash 2013 and Stampers Best


Good Morning Peeps, and welcome!

As the banner says, it's OWH's Birthday this month and today we're having another Blog Skip. OWH has a great partnership with the fabulous Stampers BestStampers Best has awesome stamps in their Operation Write Home section. What's more, they donate a portion of the sales of these stamps to OWH. The link for Stampers Best is HERE.

You may have also guessed I'm one of the stops on the OWH Blog Skip. If you got here from Seongsook's blog, you're in the right place. If not, go back to the beginning by going to OWH's blog, Stars & Stamps and start from the beginning. The link is HERE.

I made two Any Hero cards for the troops using this past Sunday's sketch. Any Hero cards are specifically for the troops to let them know I think about them and their service and sacrifice. They keep these cards for themselves. For my first card I chose the set "Turtely Awesome" and paper pieced the turtle. You can find the link for this set HERE.


For my second card I chose the set "Write Soon Minnow", and also paper pieced the minnow. You can find the link for this set HERE.


I opted to keep both cards on the simple side. Card stock by Bazzill. The papers are from a 6x6 pad by My Mind's Eye, called Howdy Doody, from the Miss Caroline collection. I use a little foam tape to pop the turtle and minnow up off the cards.

You're next stop on the blog skip is the talented Cindy. Please visit her blog, Cindy's Card Co, to see what goodness she has created for you. The link is Here.



50 comments:

  1. Those sets are so adorable. :) I have the puffin one and I really need to use him! These are both such a cute use of the latest sketch, too. Love it!!!

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  2. I hadn't thought about paper piecing these but they look wonderful that way. TFS

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  3. Great job on both of these - the paper piecing on both the critters is a FABULOUS Idea! Thanks for sharing!

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  4. WOW. Your paper piecing is impeccable. Awesome job.

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  5. My paper piecings never line up right...I am definitely admiring your skills on this one. Great choice of papers too.

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  6. Wonderful! I love the paper piecing! It is such a wonderful idea, and I am going to try it!

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  7. What a cute way to do a turtle shell!!! It will make all the other turtles jealous. You've started a fashion frenzy. LOL

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  8. Love the turtle shell. Excellent paper piecing.

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  9. Marlene... what fun cards. I love the paper piecing ~ great idea! thanks for sharing ~ Pam

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  10. Sooo cute! Love the use of this week's sketch too! I bought these stamp sets too during a fundraiser event and haven't used them. You might be the inspiration I need to get going! Thank you for wonderful making cards for our heroes! TFS!

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  11. terrific takes on this week's sketch! love how you used the border dies! thanks for sharing!

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  12. Simple can be good!!! I like what you did, very effective on bringing the eyes to the center.... radloffjen at cableone dot net

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  13. love your take on that sketch, the paper piecing works so well on these stamps! You picked some really great colors and patterns.

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  14. Wonderful cards - I love how the paper pieced images coordinate so well with the card bases. And the border punched accents are the perfect touch!

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  15. Wonderful cards - I love how the paper pieced images coordinate so well with the card bases. And the border punched accents are the perfect touch!

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  16. So fun to see the turtle and minnow paper pieced! These two look great on this week's sketch too!

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  17. Cute, cute cards! I received these stamps for Mother's Day and am ashamed to say I haven't used them yet. I LOVE how you paper pieced them!

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  18. Love the fish!!! Turtle is great but the fish and all it's yellow is absolutely too much fun. Thank you for including the link to the stamp sets, they look like great sets to have in ones collection.
    Thank you for sharing your cards.
    Lyn

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  19. These cards are very cute! I love the minnow card especially. It looks like it will swim right off the paper. :-) TFS!

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  20. Cute cards. I like the way you popped out the animals.

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  21. There's that sweet turtle again. Love it. The paper piecing on both is a great idea. I really like the card layout/sketch and the colors.

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  22. Oh Marlene, I love paper piecing and didn't even think about it for the turtle--it is fabulous and I love how the shell matches one of the banners! I am going to CASE this idea for sure! Great work!

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  23. These are adorable! Love how you paper pieced them.

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  24. Love both of your cards, they make me smile. Great job of paper piecing.

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  25. Both of these sets are just perfect for paper piecing. How cute is that turtle with a floral shell!!? These both work really well with this week's fun sketch too. Thanks for all you do to keep us inspired every Sunday! :)

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  26. LOVE the happy colors you used! Fabulous paperpiecing and I love the use of the sketch- perfect to highlight such fun images! I always look forward to your posts on Sundays!!

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  27. These are great! I love the paper piecing technique with these stamps. I like that the turtle is now feminine.

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  28. I love your paper piecing, Marlene. For some reason, I never think to do that! I especially liked the Turtley Awesome card - maybe because I used the same set for my skip card - LOL.

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  29. Cute cards, Marlene! Love the floral on the turtle. So adorable!

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  30. Great cards! Love how you did the paper piecing!!! Will have to try that.

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  31. I love your cards. the paper is bright and cheery, just what a Hero card should be.

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  32. Your cards are great! I love the paper piecing and the colors and paper you used. I always forget to try paper piecing until I see someone else using it.

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  33. I truly love the fish, and those lips! thank you

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  34. It never ceases to amaze me how different the same layout can look with different stamps and papers!!! They both look great!

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  35. What bright and fun cards...any hero who receives these will smile and be cheered up by them. Thank you for sharing your great talent.

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  36. These are darling! Simply delightful. Thanks for sharing!

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  37. Some child will really love this turtle & fish. Love your color choices. Great job!!!

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  38. I love these paper pieced! I haven't tried that technique yet. Maybe because it would take away from my coloring :)

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  39. Wow-beautiful paper-piecing on the turtle and minnow. Need to try that technique soon. TFS.

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  40. Wonderful cards, the paper-piecing the color combo using the sketch. a great job. TFS.

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  41. I can't help it, both of these cards and images just make me smile, esp that turtle!
    R/

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  42. These are soooooooo cute cards. Your paper piecing and beautiful designer paper choices are amazing. Thanks so much for sharing.

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  43. The paper piecing on the turtle is so dang cute! Thanks for sharing!

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  44. That turtle is so stinkin cute! Great job with the paper piecing!

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  45. OH that minnow just makes me smile...love everything about it from the paper piercing to the border punch!

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  46. The paper piecing is really striking!

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  47. Great choice of papers for paper piecing.

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  48. I would never have considered paper piecing these images but it works. Thanks for the idea.

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  49. Great job on the paper piecing! makes these images even that much cuter

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  50. Cute cards! Like how you paper pieced the images. Thanks for sharing.

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